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In the past few months there has been much talk over the controversial topic Stop Online Piracy Act also known as SOPA. If this act was to be signed in to law website administrators will be responsible for protecting copyrighted materials, a responsibility that many did not want. With websites being put on tight leashes this could have caused many webmaster to think twice about allowing materials copyrighted by others onto their websites. Due to the SOPA act, Ian LeComer,17, a student at Bunnell High School is one musician who was very unsatisfied with SOPA and how it would affect the exposure of his music. He...

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